Mobile robots to increase efficiency by facilitating mould change in footwear factory

Procalçado, established in 1973, is one of the largest European producers of footwear components and moulded footwear. With its more than 350 employees Procalçado produces annually over 4 million pairs of soles and footwear in its 18 000 m2 premises in Pedroso, Portugal. Their growth has been enabled by regular improvements of manufacturing processes, most importantly the moulding of rubber and plastics. Changing a mould, however, has remained manual. The selected mould is lifted on a trolley, pushed to a moulding machine and pre-heated. All this takes up to around 60 minutes.

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